ei saptadaśa - these seventeen; prakāra - varieties; ādi-līlāra - of the Ādi-līlā (first canto); prabandha - subject matter; dvādaśa - twelve; prabandha - subject matters; tāte - among those; grantha - of the book; mukha-bandha - prefaces.

Thus there are seventeen varieties of subjects in the first canto, which is known as the Ādi-līlā. Twelve of these constitute the preface of this scripture.